If your line of work involves clinical research, this course is designed to help you advance and enhance your career.

Whether you work in the pharmaceutical industry, health service, for a contract research organisation, regulatory authority, data management organisation or in medical writing, we have tailored this programme to give you an outstanding grounding in clinical research skills and knowledge.

It’s the leading part-time, face-to-face MSc in Clinical Research and, by undertaking this course, you’ll be equipped to meet good clinical practice and regulatory quality standards for developing new healthcare interventions to improve treatments for patients.

The programme presents an overview of clinical trial processes and the regulations for bringing in a new chemical entity, and explores a broad range of therapeutic areas and their treatments in relation to clinical trials, drug registrations and drug safety.

We will support you to move confidently between these therapeutic areas and therefore increase your potential value to employers. In your dissertation year, you’ll be encouraged to carry out projects which have direct value to your employer, making this a highly attractive course for your employer to support.

This two-year, part-time MSc programme is recognised by the pharmaceutical industry and the Health Service as being of outstanding quality and practical value in the work place to clinical research professionals.

Distinctive features

• You will gain advanced understanding of best practice in clinical research to apply to running clinical trials.

• You’ll experience in-depth training in drug development, clinical trials, and regulatory GCP requirement for clinical trials

• Lecturers from Pharmaceutical Industry will provide you with an up-to-date overview on key developments in Clinical Research

• Clinical Research trainers deliver a variety of teaching methods that enhance the course and will stimulate your learning.

• The therapeutic modules will widen your skills in an array of medical settings.

• The diversity of employment backgrounds of participants affords an ideal environment for networking with other clinical research personnel.

• You’ll have the opportunity to undertake a research project at an internationally recognised research school at Cardiff University.

• You’ll receive close academic support from an experienced personal tutor with an international background in compliance with clinical trial GCP and regulatory requirements.

• You’ll develop critical analysis, personal reflection and enhanced clinical trial project communication and problem solving skills for career development in clinical research.